Now, you have the opportunity to do your own questions Bruce Tanis. Please read the exclusive interview first. Maybe you can find your answer there.
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The deadline for questions is July 28th and the answers will be published on the final post of the special. Bruce will choose and answer any questions that he want. Note that all questions will be considered, but not all will have to be answered.
Hi Bruce,
workflow/philosophy question:
In a film context:
What thought process do you use to determine whether to cut in a sound from a library vs record something fresh – even if an acceptable sound exists in the library that you are using?
thanks!
-Rene
Hi Bruce,
can you tell us some of the “accidents” that happened during some of your field recording sessions and that you used in a show afterwards?
Also, what’s the most fascinating sound you ever heard in the field (mechanism, animal, toy…)?
Thx, jed.
Hi Bruce!
Thanks a lot for those really good articles on fx editing. Many sound designers speak very generically about their work and limit themselves to sharing some of the sounds they used so its cool to see some detailed editing workflows and techniques being described.
Anyways, my question was regarding backgrounds. How much do you work perspective and level changes on backgrounds within a scene? Do you try to keep each scene quite constant so it sounds we are in the same location or are you cutting more detailed changes on perspective based on angles and shots?
Dear Bruce,
Thank you very much for stopping by all month. I have read every single one of your articles more than once and I got a lot out of it. Thank you.
My questions are a few in number:
– How often do you automate EQ and when and where?
– How do you build your scenes – background to foreground or vice versa?
– What do you like to keep as a stereo file and what do you like to keep as a mono file? Do you have guidelines?
– What percentage would you say is original recorded material you did and what percentage of you work is from a library?
– What sample-rate do you record at, edit at and turn your product over to the mixer at?
– Are you editing mostly on speakers or on headphones?